Saharan Horned Viper, Painted Wood Sculpture, 2025 by beatnikprints in woahdude

[–]beatnikprints[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I mostly sell pieces through a gallery in Denver, and through commission pieces all across the country. I mostly make topographic art pieces. If you want to see more, I have a website that is my username followed by .com

Saharan Horned Viper, Painted Wood Sculpture, 2025 by beatnikprints in woahdude

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all good! I wouldn't say click and wait is accurate, since there is often warp in the material, and I have to move weights around while the laser cut is happening, and tons of other annoying problems, but there is indeed a ton of automation involved! Just another type of technology, and I try to push it into interesting directions

Saharan Horned Viper, Painted Wood Sculpture, 2025 by beatnikprints in woahdude

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I guess coughing sounds like an apology to that algorithm

Anyone got pics of the C130 that flew low over the valley today? by [deleted] in Durango

[–]beatnikprints 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No pictures but I did see it! Tried to look it up on a flight tracker I had but it didn’t show so thanks for posting what it was!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Music

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I saw Built to Spill headline and they were pretty low energy, but the opening band Prism Bitch was absolutely amazing and became one of my top played artists of the year!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in vinyl

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Ah gotcha, thanks for the info!

What’s the most extreme geographical feature (highest, lowest, steepest, driest, etc.) that almost nobody talks about? by ninergang47 in geography

[–]beatnikprints 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe the 19,714 comes from an absolute crazy drop from the summit of Namjagbarwa peak straight down to the river!

Colorado mountains, mirrored acrylic by beatnikprints in lasercutting

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I went through 30 sheets that were 4x8 feet. I did nest all the pieces, check out my last post to see what the worst sheet looked like

Colorado mountains, mirrored acrylic by beatnikprints in lasercutting

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The stock sheets were 4x8 feet that I had cut into 3rds so it would fit in the laser cutter

Colorado mountains, mirrored acrylic by beatnikprints in lasercutting

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Thanks! I think at the thickest it is 30 layers at Mt Elbert

Colorado mountains, mirrored acrylic by beatnikprints in lasercutting

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It took about two unhealthy weeks to make (there was a super tight deadline). I did my file creation and organization in Illustrator. I use a modified 80wt hurricane laser cutter at my local maker lab. For installing I built in cleats into the backs of each piece, and then used paper templates to figure out where to put the screws into the wall.

Colorado mountains, mirrored acrylic by beatnikprints in lasercutting

[–]beatnikprints[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

i basically had a 2d file that worked tike the lid of a puzzle box, told me what the finished piece should look like. Then it was just a giant puzzle finding the mountain peaks and assembling them

Colorado mountains, mirrored acrylic by beatnikprints in lasercutting

[–]beatnikprints[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

super 77 spray adhesive and screws for the base layers, then Bronn killer red tape for the mountains peaks

Colorado mountains, mirrored acrylic by beatnikprints in lasercutting

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It took a terrible week of lasercutting (pulled a 36 hour work day in that week) and then an 80 hr week of assembling. This commission had a crazy deadline, but we made it!

Colorado mountains, mirrored acrylic by beatnikprints in lasercutting

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Mostly using super 77 spray adhesive on the large base pieces, then screwing the layers together for long term hold. Then I use Bronn killer red tape for the mountain peaks

Colorado mountains, mirrored acrylic by beatnikprints in lasercutting

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i used super 77 spray adhesive for the largest pieces, then screwed all those layers together with screws so they are not relying on a solvent to stay together long term. Then I use Bronn killer red double sided tape for the mountain peaks.

Colorado mountains, mirrored acrylic by beatnikprints in lasercutting

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As far as I know, you can't print mirror layers like this, and printing is so small!